Engineer Design

DONALD A WALTMAN

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State College, Pennsylvania 18603

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EXPERIENCE

TECHNICAL WRITER

HyperNex/Nova Inc.; State College, PA 2002 -

2007

. Developed, wrote, and maintained software, procedure, and maintenance

manuals for an automated x-ray analysis tool, developed to analyze

crystal phase and texture of substrate layers on silicon wafers.

. Developed, wrote, and maintained detailed assembly manuals and a

software test plan.

C-COR.net; State College, PA 1998 -

2001

. Wrote, revised, and edited user manuals for hardware and software used

in the broadband communication industry. Incorporated both bitmap

images and line graphics

. Extensively revised and expanded the C-COR.net Pocket Guide.

Researched much new technical information for inclusion in the Guide.

Reading Tube Corporation; Reading, PA 1993 -

1996

. Wrote work instruction manuals and operation overviews

. Established a company documentation system for ISO 9000 compliance

. Developed and used Lotus 123 files and macros for data entry,

analysis, and presentation.

Contract Work: Dauphin Associates; Harrisburg, PA; Daisy Data; Enola, PA;

M&M Mars; Elizabethtown, PA; Lonza Inc; Williamsport, PA; Grumman;

Montgomery, PA;

AMP Incorporated; Harrisburg, PA 1988 -

1993

. Trained new users of a wholesale distribution software system in house

and off site. Provided technical assistance by telephone. Wrote and

edited software manuals (Dauphin Associates).

. Wrote 400+ page user manual for a comprehensive software system that

managed all aspects of their maintenance program. In a 2nd contract

wrote a user manual for a comprehensive work scheduling system. Wrote

both without benefit of any existing manual (M&M Mars).

. Wrote and revised user manuals for terminals and workstations designed

for hazardous environments (Daisy Data).

. Wrote WordPerfect macros to reformat documents imported from an

obsolete system (AMP).

DESIGN ENGINEER & TECHNICAL WRITER

WinTron Technologies, Inc; Howard. PA May 2001 to

Aug 2002

. Developed Excel programs to calculate magnetic field strength

distribution and determine optimum design for uniform field in display

tube deflection yokes

. Designed Excel spreadsheets to calculate the electronic/magnetic

properties of deflection yokes and solenoid coils

. Wrote and printed illustrated owner's manuals and promotional booklets

for company products.

INSTRUCTOR

1 ITT Technical Institute; Mechanicsburg, PA

1996 - 1998

. Taught electronics, calculus, physics, and computer to 2-year degree

students age 18 & up.

2 Williamsport Area Community College; Williamsport, PA 1980 -

1988

. Taught calculus, physics, and numerous electronics courses to

Associate Degree candidates.

. Wrote programs in Basic used for student testing and skill

development.

ENGINEER, Production and Development

RCA; Lancaster, PA and Litton Industries; Williamsport, PA

10 Years

. Designed a modified image orthicon TV camera tube with an electron

beam separation system for very low noise performance. Wrote electron

trajectory programs in Fortran

. Conceived and developed a modification of an image orthicon which

eliminated the longtime problem of "black rise" in color telecasting.

Patent was considered but not filed due to the declining market for

image orthicons

. Transferred silicon cold cathode processing technology from RCA's

research facilities in Princeton, N.J. to the Lancaster plant

. Provided technical support for production of camera and microwave

tubes.

EDUCATION

B.S. Physics, Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA

M.S. Physics, Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, PA.

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